单词dowry
n.: （新娘家给新郎的）嫁妆；（新郎给新娘家的）彩礼
网络: 陪嫁；陪送；嫁资
（新娘家给新郎的）嫁妆，陪嫁:
money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married
（新郎给新娘家的）彩礼，财礼:
money and/or property that, in some societies, a husband must pay to his wife"s family when they get married
〔古语〕(丈夫给新娘的)财礼
〔古语〕寡妇(继承亡夫的一份)产业
天赋,天禀,才能
嫁妆;天赋
嫁妆,嫁资
复数：dowries
n.presentgrantsettlementportionpayment
Before 1926, the main way for a daughter to get property from her father was her dowry or parent"s bestowal .
在1926年以前，女性一般没有财产继承权，女儿只有获得妆奁或父母赠与的权利；
After a few months, the groom and his relatives come for the bride and take her to his home along with the dowry.
几个月之后，新朗和他的亲戚到新娘家来，把新娘连同嫁妆一起接回家。
Some men agreed but most did not; they demanded sweeteners in the form of extra dowry payments from the authorities.
一些男性表示赞同，但大多数则相反；他们要求当局以额外嫁妆的名义给他们点甜头。
I confess that as a young girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.
我承认，作为一个年轻的姑娘我喜欢一个人谁不希望我结婚的嫁妆。
He gave the harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound"s the sweep Of easy wind and dowry flake.
它轻轻地摇了一下佩铃，探询是否出了什么差错。林中毫无回响一片寂静，只有微风习习雪花飘落。
Among the dowry items, besides silk stuff, there must be a pair of young mulberry trees, silkworm and egg sheets.
嫁妆里，除了丝织品，必须要有两颗桑树幼苗，蚕和卵纸。
eg. With his wife"s dowry , the young attorney was able to open a law office.
这年轻的律师靠他妻子的嫁妆可以开一家律师事务所。
With his wife"s dowry, the young attorney was able to open a law office.
这年轻的律师靠他太太的嫁妆，开了一家律师事务所
She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
她有黄金和珍珠做奁资，不过她的黄金在她的头上，珍珠在她的口中。
He answered that he would give her twenty thousand crowns for her dowry and half his estate at his death.
他答应说，他准备给她两万克郎作为陪嫁，她死的时候再分给她一半田产。